Summer Book Club
Nothing is better than curling up to a good book — or discussing it with a group of friends. Our summer book club allows you to share a common intellectual experience with fellow freshmen as you begin your educational journey.
“An irresistible read. Moving from quiet domestic drama to legal thriller.”
— The Washington Post
“Bohjalian manages to examine some very weighty issues without ever coming off as preachy or pedantic. A triumph.”
— Booklist
“A dark psychological dance of family estrangements, lies, and self-righteousness … finely wrought characters and thought-provoking personal and political drama.”
— The Seattle Times
“Bohjalian dares to tackle the complexities and complacencies of modern society at its most vulnerable spot, where the personal clashes with the political, where the private is forced to go public.”
— Richard Russo,
Pulitzer Prize winner
Virtual Discussions
This year's book club discussion has come to a close, but you can still continue the discussion on Facebook.
About the Book
For ten summers, the Seton family — all three generations — met at their country home in New England, to spend a week together playing tennis, badminton, and golf, and savoring gin and tonics on the wraparound porch to celebrate the end of the season.
In the eleventh summer, everything changed. A hunting rifle with a single cartridge left in the chamber wound up in exactly the wrong hands at exactly the wrong time, and led to a nightmarish accident that put to the test the values that united the family — and the convictions that just may pull it apart.
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